Sick at Disney World? Urgent Care Options

What happens when you are sick at Disney World? Crying. Crying happens, even if you are a mom in your 40s who should know better! Maybe that’s just me? There are options for you to get care when you are sick in the House of Mouse that include Urgent Care and in-room doctor visits.

A few years back I spent a wonderful week at Walt Disney World as a guest of the Disney Social Media Moms Celebration.

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I broke my tailbone when I was 21 in Venice, Italy. I slipped and fell on some marble stairs (no I hadn’t been drinking) and was in SO much pain. Try and convey in very broken Italian that you have a very broken butt to a “farmacia” in Venice because you need to buy A. A donut pillow to sit on as you are about to board a train for the next five hours and B. Some painkillers of the extra strength variety. Fun fact, the pharmacist was able to just give me hydrocodone, no doctor involved. So I had no idea I was given such a strong painkiller until after I had taken it. I don’t really remember the train ride or the lovely Italian countryside.

I once needed a simple battery for a glucose meter – and I had NO idea what I needed. Other than. You know, a battery for my meter.

So went to the front desk at the lovely Saratoga Springs, and asked if there was a pharmacy onsite. No, but we can call one for you. They called, I talked, they would deliver me the battery. Now, I knew that battery would run about 5 bucks…and then I started to worry about how much on earth would they charge me to deliver it. Imagine my great relief when it was only about 125% of the cost of the battery — so I got off pretty cheap!!

Then there was the time very recently when I ran a marathon in Paris France and had a HORRIBLE episode of chafing…try asking for neosporin in sort of French…

When we were at art of animation this past November for wine and dine my friend and I were running through the grass to catch a shuttle to magic kingdom. Some of the nature bit her and she is super allergic to bites so her foot swelled up huge (fast forward to ME pushing HER in the wheelchair through MK the day after a soggy midnight half marathon… I can laugh about it now) and became infected. We went to the front desk and they offered to call the ER and we made sure to ask how much this would cost. They said the paramedics would come and do a free evaluation (on the property is free) so when they came they took her to a private room off the lobby and they diagnosed her. She then called a nearby doctor that took her healthcare and she told them the paramedics recommendation and the doctor called in the prescription to a nearby pharmacy and it was delivered to art of animation for $40! Voilaaa! I’m sorry about your goose chase but so happy you were able to get medicine!

We unfortunately are now familiar with an urgent care in Orlando. Day #4 in disney i started coughing and having a sore throat. Day #5 i had no voice and hubs said he had a sore throat. That night we were in aquarium area after Nemo ride in Epcot. I turn around and hubs was laying in the floor. Said it just hit him all at once. Sent my dad back to room with him. 4 am he wakes me up and says he needs urgent care. I wake up my parents in another room and leave the 2 year old with them. We drove so I Googled and confirmed insurance in-network. 20 minute drive and they were closed. OK choice #2. Nope. Not even in existence. Choice #3 yes!! By this time hubs was shaking and vomiting. He was positive for the flu!! I had bronchitis. We drove from Kentucky. Horrible road trip home. I followed up with my family dr and was at beginning of pneumonia and was put on bed rest for a week. Oh and the 2 year old had strep throat. Disney about killed us!

Oh and there was a possibly I had the flu too but the dr didn’t have any more tests and it was more important to test hubs because he was so sick. So we just crossed our fingers for me. And we BOTH had flu shots a month prior to vacation.

Patty Holliday

If she isn’t chasing her four kids around Northern Virginia, Patty is chasing four bars on her phone to share her authentic and fun stories on social media and her blog, My No-Guilt Life. She’s also one half of the Marvel Moms, an online community for discussing the Marvel fandom. You can catch up on her runDisney fun at No-Guilt Disney.